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Pixar May Explore Non-Binary Representation

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Pixar has hinted that future films will include “all genders”, prompting excited speculation that an animated non-binary character could be on their way. Disney has seen baby steps of progress when it comes to LGBT+ representation over the past few years, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featuring a minor same-sex kiss, and Pixar film Onward and Marvel film Avengers: Endgame both briefly alluding to same-sex relationships. The studio only revealed its first openly gay central character earlier this year in the heartwarming Disney Pixar short Out, that follows a queer man as he tries to work up the … Read more

FOR READERS & WRITERS: Spooky Tales

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FOR READERS & WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer J. Scott Coatsworth: It’s All Hallows Eve, so we’re inviting readers and writers to share your favorite Halloween tales. Writers: This is a writer chat – you are welcome to share your own book/link, as long as it fits the chat, but please do so as part of a discussion about the topic. Join the chat: FB: http://bit.ly/1MvPABV MeWe: http://bit.ly/2mjg8lf

FOR READERS: Queer Communities in Sci Fi

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FOR READERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Brian Cherry: For readers (and writers) what books have explored an LGBT community in a sci fi or fantasy setting? This isn’t something I can recall seeing. Queers in sci fi/fantasy seem to be either fully integrated or persecuted loners. Just getting queer characters is sometimes enough but I’d love to see how we’d be as a community with gay elves, aliens or whatnot. Writers: This is a reader chat – you are welcome to join it, but please do not reference your own works directly. Thanks! Join the chat